Orange Côte d’Ivoire has started the Orange 5G Lab, a place for digital professionals, new businesses, and start-ups. On Tuesday, September 20, the launching event was held at the Deux Plateaux Smart Store (Cocody, Abidjan).
The event was attended by Mr. Amadou Coulibaly, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Government Spokesperson; Ms. Christel Heydemann, CEO of Orange Group; Mr. Jérôme Hénique, CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa; and Mr. Mamadou Bamba, CEO of Orange Côte d’Ivoire.
The 5G network rollout across Côte d’Ivoire is scheduled for 2023, so Orange Côte d’Ivoire is planning ahead by giving local businesses a new collaborative space that is fully equipped and focused on practical applications. Orange 5G Lab Abidjan offers services and support to economic players devised with expert partners such as Huawei, Nokia, and ZTE. The free and customized Orange 5G Lab system is built around two concepts: allowing economic players to discover new possibilities enabled by 5G and the way it could positively impact their activities; and, with our 5G experts, supporting innovative businesses keen to experiment with 5G’s potential for their product or service.
“We agree that 5G offers a new chance for businesses that want to grow, improve, or re-energize their operations.
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How will it go?
It is essential that this area provides ready-to-use tools and enables the outcomes of these experiments to be evaluated in a useful way in order to support them. This program demonstrates our longstanding commitment to digital inclusivity. According to Mamadou Bamba, CEO of Orange Côte d’Ivoire, “We want to promote innovation and aid in the creation of value within the local ecosystem.”
The CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA), Jérôme Hénique, avers that “Like the Orange Digital Center opened last year, the Orange 5G Lab will allow faster adoption of this technology by local businesses.” They will have access to feedback from more than 1,500 businesses and local authorities who have had access to an Orange 5G Lab worldwide, including 127 who have already been able to set up testing based on their practical examples, in addition to the knowledge and resources that are available here in Abidjan.
Orange Group CEO Christel Heydemann said: “The Orange Group, as a pioneer in the telecoms industry and a vital contributor to technological innovation, welcomes this new Orange 5G Lab in West Africa.” It shows our local power and our commitment to promoting digital uses that depend on high-speed internet, especially for start-ups and businesses. Two Orange 5G Labs have already been established in Africa, and Orange will continue to lead this strategy throughout the group’s footprint.
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About Orange Côte d’Ivoire
The Orange Côte d’Ivoire Group is a regional cluster comprising the Orange Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Liberia subsidiaries. They have over 26 million customers and generate up to 25% of the Orange Group’s sales in the Middle East and Africa as market leaders in each of these sectors. Orange CI has been at the forefront of innovation in the telecoms industry in Côte d’Ivoire for more than ten years. Orange CI was the first operator to introduce high-speed internet networks (3G, 4G, and Fiber), the Mobile Money service, mobile-based TV services, and the Orange Energy offer, which made it possible to access electricity in rural areas.
With more than 15 million users, Orange CI is the market leader in Côte d’Ivoire for the general public and business markets across the primary performance metrics for landline, Mobile, internet, and mobile money.
The company is entirely devoted to the growth and promotion of digital in Côte d’Ivoire, with 11% of the country’s GDP as a potential market. digital operators are committed and convinced of digital’s vital role in developing our country. We are also a very important social partner in the country through the Orange Côte d’Ivoire Foundation and the Orange Digital Center.